New Rules for The Andromedan Seige

New Rules for Federation Units

The advanced Federation fleet operates under standard X-technology rules -- including Photon Torpedoes, Phasers, and Cloak -- except as noted below. The Proton Pulse Emitter is adapted from the rules by New Galaxy Games.

• Quantum Torpedo: Like a photon except: 3+3 to arm standard, 2 to hold. 5+5 to arm overload, 3 to hold. Has an extended range shown on the SSD.

• Proton Pulse Emitter: Works like a phaser except that each box has a 4 point capacitor, capable of holding enough power for 4 one point shots. May fire every 4 impulses but not more than the amount of energy it contains times per turn. (Because of high cost, this weapon is only mounted on two ship classes: Patton and Defiant.) Has a very limited firing arc.

• Phaser-V: In Y215, the Federation created the type V offensive naval phaser. This became the standard ship phaser in about Y217, when most of the fleet was overhauled. All ships produced from Y215 on were designed with the type V. The cost is 1.5 points of energy to arm. They fire once per turn, just like type I phasers. They type V was never mounted on police escorts or fighters as the design drew too much power and the systems needed to mount the phaser were to bulky for national guard class ships.
• Drone Racks: Standard X-Tech racks(exception: E-Racks on MacArthur can fire drones every other impulse, only against size class 5-7).

• Fighters have launch rate of 4 drones per turn, different targets, same impulse if all same type.

• Shield Regen Boxes:
  (1) Costs NO extra energy to operate
  (2) Regenerates a number of shield boxes per shield equal to the highest number on ``Regen'' track.
  (3) Whenever 30 or more hits are taken to a given shield in a given impulse a die role is made, if it is a 1, one Shield Regen Box is marked off. (Cost is 8 to repair)
  (4) Every second Flag hit destroys a Shield Regen Box.
  (5) Every second DamCon hit destroys the highest # on the Regen Track. (Cost is 9 to repair)
  (6) If all Shield Regen Boxes on a given ship are destroyed, the shields are down until one box is restored to functional status.
  

New Rules for Andromedan Units

All Andro ships, bases, ect. are equiped with X-Technology after Y172, though not noted on the SSDs as being such. All normal X-Rules apply, including these below.

• PA Panels: Panels are operated at "overloaded" levels, but have no leak point. Ships only pay the STANDARD cost of panels, There is no leak point, with the exception of the Disrupter leak, which still operates normally.

• Displacement Devices: The DisDev Feedback Phenomenon is now void, as the Andros found a way around this problem. On self-displacement, there is NO chance of failure, but there is a chance of random displacement. Roll 1d6, in the event of a six being rolled, use the standard displacement rules.

• TR Beams: TRLs can be fast loaded by paying 4 points of energy, from any source, on the first turn of arming. TRHs can be fast loaded as TRLs, but not TRHs.

• Temporal Elevator: Andro bases are able to elevate to Level 10 on the elevator, all other rules apply, including cost of operation.

• Temporal Armor (TA): The Andromedans attempted to fit some of their ships with the Temporal Elevator, while this failed, it did introduce a new ability to these ships. When they returned in Y180, all Andro ships fitted with this new device. The TA surrounded the ship with an energy field that would provide temporary protection from any form of attack, and would then recharge after a time.

  The Armor cost nothing to operate.
  Each ships has a number of armor points as shown on thier SSD.

  Armor banks work as a shield, any damage hits the armor first, then the PA Panels. The armor covers in the same way as shields do, 1 bank per hex side. Armor cannot be reinforced in any way, armor cannot be de-activated or dropped.
  When damage strikes an armor bank, that bank will regenerate, at no cost to the Andro player, in 32 impulses. This applies regardless of any damage that strikes the same panel later the turn.
  E.G. -- An Armagedon--class BB takes 8 points to its #4 armor bank on impulse 16 of turn 2, on impulse 4 of turn 3, 5 points impact on the same armor bank. On impulse 16 of turn 3, the #4 armor bank will recharge to full strength.

• The Temporal Wave(TW): During the developement of the TA, it was discovered that the same field that protected the ship from incoming attacks could be reversed, and used in an offensive mode by creating a massive wave of time distortion that spread away from the ship.
  (This idea was "borrowed" and modified from another weapon I discovered on the web.)

  The TW cost an amount of warp power equal to the strength of the wave. The wave cannot be underloaded, nor overloaded. The strength of the wave is equal to the maximum number of TA boxes on any shield facing. (Best wording I could think of, an example would be: the Dictator DN has 20 TA boxes per shield facing, maximum. The strength of its TW would be 20, and would thus cost 20 points to operate.)

  The TW has a given speed if 1 hex per impulse, and a maximum range of 5 hexes. When activated, the wave starts at range zero, on that impulse, it damage all units at range zero with the sole exception being the activating ship. On the next impulse, the wave will move 1 hex in every direction, and damage all units in those hexes with the same amount of damage being done to each unit. E.G. A wave created by the Dictator DN would damage every unit with 20 points of damage.

  If the generating ship moves with the wave, it DOES take damage to its foward Armor/Pa Panels. The wave continues in this style for a total of 5 hexes out from the originating hex. (Generally treat the wave as an ESG that cannot be destroyed.)

  The wave is self sustaining. Even if the ship that started the wave is destroyed, the wave will continue. The Armor of the ship is literally being reversed to do this, and cannot be used 32 impulses prior to, nor 32 impulses after, the wave's creation. The wave effects Plasmas in the same way that phasers do.

• POD fighters: Not really a fighter, and not really a pod, these devices proved to be one of the most amazing craft seen in our galaxy. The POD is a small (1.5m diameter) disc that was attached to the larger Andro Motherships. Each had a single Ph2 (Stnd, not X) placed in the FH arc. They were unmanned, and controlled remotely from the mothership. Each POD carried a single Phaser capacitor, and a Warp Sustainer, which kept the craft at battle speeds.Being unmanned, they were expendable, and as many as 72 could operate in one battle.

  PODs operate in "Groups" of six. Each Group (6 PODS) requires one seaking weapon channel. PODs must remain within 25 hexes of their mothership, or they lose communication with the Mothership, and self-destruct. If the Mothership is destroyed, all PODs under that vessel's control immediately Self-Destruct. A POD Self-Destructs with an explosion strength of two. If a POD is destroyed by weapons fire, there is no explosion. Motherships can order PODs to self-destruct, but must destroy the entire Group, or none at all.

  When connected to the Mothership, PODs CAN fire their phasers, but only down the hex row in corresponding to the shield facing. (For this reason, PODs make great Drone defense.) PODs cannot arm their own phasers, the mothership must do this. One point of power arms the Ph2 for 3 firings, one per turn. PODs are always carried with one or more facing each of the six hex sides.

  When launched, each POD MUST be facing the hex side that it fired down, this is not an option. Motherships can launch no more than one POD per shield facing every other impulse. PODs launch with the exact same speed as their mothership at the time of launch. PODs have a four impulse delay before they can fire or HET. PODs can accelerate/decelerate by 5 movement points.

  If a mothership takes a shuttle hit, and a POD is connected, then the POD is detroyed, along with one hull box. If no hull boxes remain, then the extra point is placed randomly using the DAC.

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